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04/06/2021
DUP And Sinn Fein Slammed For Playing Games With Lives
The DUP And Sinn Fein have been slammed or playing games with lives due to delays in legislation.
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong MLA said she is at "the end of her tether" with how the DUP and Sinn Fein are using people living in poverty as a political football.
She said: "The budget included money to close the bedroom tax and two child cap loopholes in our NI welfare mitigations. Yet the Minister for Communities has not brought forward legislation to allow that money to protect some of the most vulnerable families who are living in poverty
"Unfortunately it seems like the DUP are blocking the progress of this legislation at the Executive.
"It is time for political games to end as the DUP and Sinn Fein are harming children and families who depend on these much needed benefits."
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong MLA said she is at "the end of her tether" with how the DUP and Sinn Fein are using people living in poverty as a political football.
She said: "The budget included money to close the bedroom tax and two child cap loopholes in our NI welfare mitigations. Yet the Minister for Communities has not brought forward legislation to allow that money to protect some of the most vulnerable families who are living in poverty
"Unfortunately it seems like the DUP are blocking the progress of this legislation at the Executive.
"It is time for political games to end as the DUP and Sinn Fein are harming children and families who depend on these much needed benefits."
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